Client: Chicago CubsSource: Crain’s Chicago Business Cubs’ young stars are quickly approaching becoming national marketing targets: “Bryant, 24, had the highest Q Score of all active MLB players this year, a measurement based on a survey of 2,000 sports fans nationwide gauging the likability of select athletes. Rizzo, 27, was close behind in sixth, joining a
Client: Tom Ricketts/Chicago Cubs Source: Crain’s Chicago Business Cubs owner and chairman Tom Ricketts went on the offensive in a public dispute against Alderman Tom Tunney reneging on alcohol rules for the plaza adjacent to the ball park: “Ricketts said he's not interested in making any specific concessions from the agreement he says the team and city made with
Client: Chicago Cubs Source: Chicago Tribune Kris Bryant was a college-kid in San Diego three years ago. Now he’s on an Express billboard across from Wrigley. The young phenom talked with the Chicago Tribune about his ‘new’ life outside of baseball: "Oh, to be Kris Bryant.He's handsome, hits the ball a mile and has his face plastered around Chicago
Client: Chicago Cubs Source: Chicago Tribune Cubs fans will have a rare opportunity to take pitches from Kerry Wood, Derek Lee, Michael Barrett, and Ted Lilly at Wednesday’s Kerry Wood & Friends Battle of the Bats Charity Home Run Derby: The event, a joint effort by the Wood Family Foundation and Cubs Charities, benefits Chicago’s underserved kids.“Anytime the fans get
Client: Chicago Cubs Source: Chicago Tribune The Chicago Cubs signed six-time All-Star closer Joe Nathan, adding low-risk, big reward to their bullpen:Nathan is expected to report to extended spring training in Mesa, Ariz., but could return shortly after the All-Star break."It's always a good strategy," manager Joe Maddon said of adding more pitching. "I got to know
Client: Chicago CubsSource: Chicago Tribune Zobrist’s team first attitude is rubbing off in the club house, says Maddon: Cubs manager Joe Maddon likens Ben Zobrist to a virus. The best possible kind.His winning attitude is infectious.“You see it. You’re all around him,” Maddon told reporters before Friday’s 1:20 p.m. game against the Nationals. “Everybody else sees it, too,
Client: Chicago CubsSource: ESPNOne month into the 2016 campaign, the star-studded Cubs roster has not failed to impress. Here are ESPN’s April All-Stars:"Players have hot streaks all season. We just recognize them more in April because everybody starts from zero. Here are my April All-Stars -- err, April plus the first two days of May.1B
Client: Chicago CubsSource: ESPNFor the second time in two years, Chicago Cubs ace Jake Arietta deals a no-hitter:"Well, he’s arrived, and if last year’s historic second half wasn’t enough proof -- as if it couldn’t be enough -- Arrieta has picked up where he left off, winning his fourth game in four starts in 2016
Client – Chicago CubsSource: Chicago Tribune On this day, 100 years ago, the Chicago Cubs played their first game at Weeghman Park, which later became Wrigley Field:This is a condensed version of an article that appeared in an April 20, 1916 edition of the Chicago Tribune.Whatever the Kaiser has to say to Woodrow Wilson today doesn't
Client: Chicago CubsSource: Chicago TribuneCubs players and fans were greeted with a new-look Wrigley at last night’s thrilling home-opener. The top-class amenities match the new Cubs culture of an expectation for success:"On the day his family bought the team in 2009, Tom Ricketts vowed to do whatever was necessary to make the Cubs the best